salary\sal"a*ry\ (?), a. [l. salarius.] saline [obs.]salary \sal"a*ry\ (?), n.; pl. salaries (#). [f. salaire, l. salarium, originally, salt money, the money given to the roman soldiers for salt, which was a part of their pay, fr. salarius belonging to salt, fr. sal salt. see salt.] the recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire. this is hire and salary, not revenge.note: recompense for services paid at, or reckoned by, short intervals, as a day or week, is usually called wages.

A salary is a form of periodic payment from an employer to an employee, which may be specified in an employment contract. It is contrasted with piece wages, where each job, hour or other unit is paid separately, rather than on a periodic basis. From the point of view of running a business, salary can also be viewed as the cost of acquiring and retaining human resources for running operations, and is then termed personnel expense or salary expense. In accounting, salaries are recorded in payroll accounts.

(v. t.)
To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position. (n.)
The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire. (a.)
Saline